Date:         Thu, 9 Mar 2000 10:00:23 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Water filler lock and key for an '84
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I have gone this route a couple of times to get missing keys replaced
also. There are many different keys for these though, not just a code
that works for all of them. The last time I needed keys my locksmith
opened a drawer and pulled out a ring with a couple of dozen tiny Westy
water tank keys on it. He tried them all one by one until one worked.
Then he duped it for me. If I had known this, I could have saved myself
the trouble of removing the water access housing. The locksmith said he
gets so many requests for Westy keys that he started keeping a copy for
each one that he took apart to make keys for. Now he rarely finds one
that he doesn't already have a key for.

Protec Lock & Safe
Oceanside, Calif.

Mark

Ken Hunter wrote:
>
> Had to make a key for mine too, but my locksmith charged me $20 w/the extra
> key. THEN the next day while looking through the archives I came upon a post
> giving the key code ( if you have that it's cheap). Darned if I can find it
> now though.
>
> Ken Hunter
> 82 Westy 1.9D
> 84 Jetta 1.6D
> 89 Mitsubishi van